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Facts and Photographs 
of 

CALCASIEU PARISH 

(a County of Louisiana) 
and the City of 

LAKE CHARLES 

the Parish Seat. 



Compiled by the 

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish 
Lake Charles, Louisiana 






"Wherefore 



DO YOU WANT INDEPENDENCE? 

If you do, you can get it. If you are a farmer, mechanic, cleric, professional man or business man and will come to 
Calonsii'u rariah and farm nceoriling to modern cultural methods, following closely the United States Department of 
AKrirulturo'H specific instructions, you can't fail. Others are doing it, why not you? Raise rice for your money crop 
and hogs, Hhcop, cattle or dairying, and you will surely attain a position of affluence. 

If you are coming South during the Winter do not fail to stop at any of the Calcasieu Parish towns, where you will 
find a most cordial welcome and concrete instances of what Calcasieu Parish will give you if you treat it right. 

Come to Calcasieu Parish, where the struggle for existence is modified — where you don't have to "farm against 
climate." 

WHERE TO LOCATE 

"Pulling up stakes" is easy enough for the camper, but in a home we talce root, and transplanting in a new commu- 
nity is not easy. The choice of a new farm-home is perplexing. We cannot afford to make mistakes. Many things 
must bo considered, advantages balanced, soil, climate, markets, range of products, transportation, highways, neighbor- 
hood, all .studied. The desirable and undesirable things of a locality arc to be looked up; prospective growth, increase of 
land values, tho development of towns, additional market facilities, social promise, schools, etc. Two things will sug- 
gMt themselves the advantage of a fertile soil and of initial development. Then it is worth while to see that a locality 
has boon proven. "Well begun is half done," and communities, farms, towns, all will show that home making is no 
longer an experiment. You know what you can do. The soil has been tested by crops, the crops have been tried in the 
climate; orchards have been proven, and we know what is best suited; irrigation systems have been established, roads 
improved, railways builded, commercial houses established. A well-settled community is the new-comer's best guaran- 
tee. 

CALCASIEU PARISH A FARMER'S LAND. 

We use the word "farmer" broadly. It means a man who lives by the soil— an independent, out-of-doors man, who 
turns the wealth of the soil into hay and grain, into corn, rice or potatoes, or into fruit and beef and mutton. This is 
the one necessary man without whom we should all go hungry. He is the bottom industry of society, and commerce 
and manufacture and the growth of cities must rest back upon the land for support 

CROPS 

Happiness is dependent upon success, and success in agriculture depends upon three things — climate, soil and water. 
Those three are Nature's gifts to Calcasieu Parish, and at the same time you have a freedom in regard to your choice of 
crops which you can experience nowhere else in the country. To go into details would mean the reproduction of the 
catalogue of the nurseryman, but just a hint may instruct and interest. 

While the staple products, cane and cotton, can be grown here as well as elsewhere along the Gulf Coast region, it 
is a noteworthy fact that they are not to a disadvantage, but instead the farmers are diversifying, growing truck, plant- 
ing oivbards, raising live stock of the best breeds and are wide awake in many ways. Part of the lands are devoted to 
rice, but by far the larger portion of the soil is planted to other things for which there is not only a large home demand 
but a greater one from the North. 

Rich soil, level land and a long growing season gives the corn grower advantages in Calcasieu Parish that are found 
in few sections, not only for the production of big crops of corn, but for raising a crop of cow peas with the com or 
some other crop in the same field after the corn is gathered.Many of our Calcasieu Parish farmers are, by using inten- 
sive methotls. raising from 40 to 200 bushels of corn per acre, and the average is about 60. Corn can be raised in this 
parish with half tho work and on land that doesn't cost one-fourth as much as in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, and the 
yield per aci-e will be, if intensive methods are used, twice as much. 

An>'\vher<> in Louisiana, but especially in Calcasieu Parish, the new Southern forage crop Lespedeza, or Japan Clo- 
ver, is easily and profitably gi-own for pasture and on the cut-over lands and for both pasture and hay on rich alluvial 
lands of the southern portion of the parish. With Bermuda grass Lespedeza produces excellent pastures and it increases 
the carrying capacity of permanent pasture lands at least 25 per cent. Bermuda grass in Calcasieu Parish stands an 
«viual test with Northern Blue Grass, furnishing pasturage throughout the Summer and almost the entire year, and will 
put as much s.iin on beef cattle and produce as much milk from the dairy cow as will blue grass in the Northern Stales. 
On the stiff alluvial soils of Calcasieu Parish alfalfa succeeds splendidly and when the farmers begin to build silos 

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''PROSPERITY, I Hear You Calling Me." 

AMAZING AGRICULTURAL ADVANCE OF THE SOUTH. 
Estimated total crop values for the United States, 1915, was $6,788,905,000 

, , c^, n-H;n IQIS was $3,600,000,000 

The total value of farm products of the SOU! H in 1 ; 1 3 w as 2,850,000,000 

Of this, the value of diversified farm products was '750000,000 

And the value of cotton was •" '.",'nVc i ni ,< 'i'JA n7n OOn 

The total increase in the value of farm products in the United States .n 1 9 1 5 over 1 9 14 was f^f^^^ 

Of this the SOUTH had over 60^, or ■■■ ' ' 

(From the Manufacturers Record, March 16th, 1916.) 



Lake Charles arid Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 

LOUISIANA, 

The territory ceded to the United States, as composing the colony of Louisiana, covered the entire area West of 
the Mississippi River, from its source to its mouth, and lying between the Mississippi on the West, the southern 
boundary of British America on the North, the Rocky Mountains on the West, and an irregular boundary line run- 
ning from the Northwest corner of Texas, in an easterly direction, and then South along the Sabine River to its mouth. 
The Isle of Orleans was also included. 

France, by the Treaty of Paris, signed April 30th, 1 803, sold the colony to the United States, and on Decern- 
ber 20th, 1 803, the French Officials at New Orleans made formal delivery and transfer of the colony to two represen- 
tatives of the United States. 

Until 1812, Louisiana remained part of the United States as the territory of Orleans, at which time it was taken 
into the Union as the State of Louisiana; many other States having been carved out of the territory. 

The words of Edward Livingston, spoken to the French Minister at the signing of the Treaty of Paris, "We 
have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives," will echo and re-echo through the ages, for with the 
conditions prevailing in the southern portion of the then new acquisition, probably no part of this vast territory is at- 
tracting more widespread and intelligent interest than the Gulf Coast Country of Southwest Louisiana. 

SOIL: — The soil is exceptional. Experts have testified that no otiier State in the Union has soil so rich in plant 
food. On account of the richness and variety of the soils, Louisiana is well adapted to diversified farming and it has 
been stated that very few States, if any, can more easily grow an abundant supply of those things that make good 
home living on a small area, and leave the main portion of the land and the energy of the farmer to the production of 
money crops. 

The Mannfacturers Record estimates the crop values of Louisiana for 191 5 to be $1 14,584,000.00. 

CALCASIEU PARISH. 

Calcasieu Parish with an area of something over 900,000 acres of this most productive soil, is practically in the 
HEART of this Wonderful Gulf Coast Country of the Great Southwest. 

This year, Calcasieu Parish will have an increase upward of 15,000 acres in the cultivated farm area; This 
will make the cultivated farm area close on to 80,000 acres, which does not include the large area used as cattle ranges. 
The estimated value of all farm products for the Parish, including live stock, is considerably in excess of $2,000,000. 

While rice has been the largest crop and having the greatest acreage, still all forage crops, with corn as a leader, 
all vegetables and fruits, including Strawberries, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Lemons and Figs cover large areas, which with 
more intensive cultivation and truck farming and the additional acreage secured for Cotton since February, will give 
Calcasieu even greater returns than early estimates show. 

MINERALS AND LUMBER:— In addition to the vast Agricultural development, Calcasieu Parish has the 
largest Oil producing fields in the State and the largest Sulphur Mine in the world. Louisiana forests are of immense 
value and have more cypress and long leaf pine than any State in the Union. It is now the second State in the pro- 
duction of Lumber. Calcasieu Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber is known everywhere. 

FISH AND GAME: — Oysters, Shrimp and Fish of all kinds are found in the Lakes and Rivers throughout 
this section. During the season, Ducks, Geese, Snipe and Plover find rice fields and reserve forests a satisfactory feed- 
ing ground, which makes this a hunter's paradise. In the forests and marshes can be found Deer, Fox, Coon, Bear, Rab- 
bit, Squirrel and other game. 

CLIMATE: — Semi-tropical. The winters are very mild. Freezing point is seldom reached and never continues 
for more than a day or two. Sharp frosts are occasionally encountered, but the ground never freezes. Field work 
can be done practically 1 2 months in the year. Sunstroke and heat prostrations are never heard of here and during 
the summer months, shortly after sunrise, a fresh wind blows inland from the Gulf of Mexico, continuing throughout 
the day and late into the night. 

The annual rainfall varies from 50 to 60 inches per annum, quite evenly distributed throughout the year. 

Average monthly and annual temperature for Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish during a period of twelve 
years as recorded by the United States Weather Bureau: 

January 51.9 Degrees May 73.8 Degrees September 77.2 Degrees 

February 53.9 " June 79.9 " October 68.7 

March 59.6 " July 89.9 " November 59.3 " 

April 67.4 " August 80.6 " December 53.5 " 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 



HEALTH:— Public health is unusually good in Southwest Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Country. The death 
rate per thousand inhabitants in the City Population of the United States is 19.6. Lake Charles is only 14 per thous' 
and, from which 1.5 can be deducted for deaths resulting from industrial accidents. This fact is of utmost importance 
and worthy of consideration by anyone seeking a location or wishing a desirable place for recreation, either Summer or 
Winter. 

Altitude varies from Sea level on the Gulf Coast to over 30 feet in higher portions of Calcasieu Parish. Alti 
tude at Lake Charles, 20 to 25 feet. 

ROADS:— Calcasieu Parish has just completed her good roads system, comprising over 1 80 miles of model' 
highways, and a concrete bridge with bascule steel lift, across the Calcasieu River at Lake Charles. 

LAKE CHARLES. 

Lake Charles; A CITY of Louisiana, Parish seat of Calcasisu Parish; Settled 1852; Incorporated 1857; Char- 
tered 1886; Adopted Commission Form of Government 1913. Population (Est.) 17,500. Situated on the shores 
of a beautiful Lake of the same name and on the Calcasieu River. One of the most picturesque cities in the State. 
On the main line of the Southern Pacific Railway, 219 miles from New Orleans and 145 miles from Houston, Tex- 
as. Terminus of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway; the Kansas City Southern Railway; also the 
Lake Charles and Northern and the Lacasine Branch of the Southern Pacific. On the Ocean to Ocean Highway. 
Deep Water to the Gulf under consideration. Access to Deep Water through the Intercoastal Canal via the Sabine on 
the West and the Mississippi on the East. Magnificent Public Buildings, School Buildings and Churches, Library, 
Orphanage, Sanitarium and Business College, 8 large saw mills, 2 bottling works, 10 large wholesale houses, 2 grain 
mills, 2 brick plants, broom factory, planing mill, 2 fence factories, 2 rice mills, turpentine stills, box factories, canning 
factory, 2 car shops, round houses and heading factory, 2 National banks, 1 Trust Company, Building and Loan As- 
sociation, machine shops and foundry, cold storage plants, steam laundries, electric railway system, fine sewerage sys- 
tem, waterworks, artesian water, 2 ice factories, power plant, gas plant, ship building plant, daily and weekly news- 
paper, 2 large printing establishments, wholesale and retail carriage and implement houses, wholesale and retail furniture 
houses and department stores. Beautiful scenery, good business, health and pleasure. Yacht Club, Country Club, 
Golf Links and Tennis Courts. Good hotels, bathing, boating and fishing. 




From Boston 56 hrs. 

New York 50« hrs. 

Philadelphia 47^ hrs. 

Washington 44 S' hrs. 

Atlanta 24 's hrs. 



From New Orleans 7'= hrs. 

Cincinnatii 45 hrs. 

Louisville 40^^ hrs. 

Chicago 32 hrs. 

St. Louis IV-ihrs. 



From Memphis 1 S** hrs. 

Little Rock 1 4 '5 hrs. 

Salt Lake 67'= hrs. 

Denver 47'= hrs. 

Omaha 37 hrs. 



From Kansas City 29 hrs, 

San Francisco 67-'^ hrs. 

Los Angeles 52 hrs. 

El Paso 36 hrs. 

San Antonio \2% hrs. 

Houston 4>2 hrs 



To LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana— 26 Passenger Trains Daily. 



Lake Charles aiiJ Caleasieii Parish, Louisiana. 



CALCASIEU PARISH-The 
School System. The photographs 
here shown, portray the class of 
buildings found throughout the 
parish. There are forty-eight 
school buildings owned by the 
Parish School Board, which with 
the contents cost $260,933 and 
include four High Schools. 




Elementary and High School Buildings 




In addition to the buildings, the 
real estate owned by the board is 
202 acres and valued at upwards 
of $20,000. 1 1 8 teachers are 
employed in these schools and the 
enrollment is about 3,750 pupils. 

Another noteworthy feature is 
the fact that Calcasieu Parish has 
fifteen colored schools, in addition 
to the schools for whites, employ- 
ing nineteen colored teachers and 
have an enrollment of over 800 
pupils. 

The schools are all equipped 
with Grade Libraries, Domestic 



MijJtrn High School Building of Calcasieu Parish 



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Science Libraries and High School 
Libraries. Colored schools also 
have libraries. 

Due to the good roads system, 
wagonette service has been estab- 
lished at various rural schools, and 
the sixteen being operated show 
an average of eighteen per wagon- 
ette per month. 

The High School course includes 
Literary, Commercial, Manual 
Training, Home Economics and 
Art. 




Alodern Rural School Building 



Lake Charles anJ Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 



The plans outlined as coming 
under the general policies of the 
Parish School Authorities are con' 
sidered under the following head' 
ings: The School and the School 
Plant. Agricultural Extension 
Work. Medical Supervision and 
Adult Extension Work for Wo- 
men. 

Entertainments are given at dif- 
ferent schools, the money raised 
being used to increase Libraries, 
buy Phonographs and records, 
build Tennis and Basket Ball 




Moilern High School Auditorium 




Courts and secure equipment for 
other outdoor sports, as well as 
for the planting of trees, shrubbery 
and flowers. 

The Club Work in Calcasieu 
Parish has been the medium 
through which many valuable 
lessons were carried to adult mem' 
bers of farm homes. A conser' 
vative estimate of the value of the 
work of 200 club members dur- 
ing the past three years is upward 
of $50,000. This estimate is 
based on actual results tabulated 
for extension purposes. 



A Class in Home Economics 



The Junior Extension Work is 
done through Corn Clubs, Poul' 
try Clubs, Pig Clubs and Canning 
Clubs, and has for its purpose the 
education of the boys and girls in 
practical and scientific agriculture. 

Agricultural Extension Work is 
under the direction of the Govern- 
ment Demonstration Agent of the 
Department of Agriculture of the 
United States Government. 




A School Demonstration Farm 



The Demonstration Agent is materially assisted in the extension work by the Southwestern Produce Association, 
through its manager, who works directly with the Department Representative. 



Late Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 



The principal staple products in this seC' 
tion are Corn, Oats, Rice, Sugar Cane, Irish 
Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Melons, Strawber- 
ries, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Lemons, and all 
Garden Truck, some Tobacco and the com- 
ing season, Cotton. 

Grasses aad Forage crops are Lespedeza. 
Sudan Grass and Millet. 

Sudan Grass promises to be one of the 
most profitable producers, grows rapidly and 
admits of at least three cuttings per season. 
Lespedeza or Japan Clover, is an annual and 
possesses all soil enriching qualities of the le- 
gumes, grows rapidly and makes fine hay. 








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Several varieties of Corn are grown and the 
acreage is being increased rapidly as yields obtain- 
able are from forty to sixty bushels and even 125 
bushels per acre, according to care and cultivation 
given. This is one of the many crops which as- 
sures the future of the South. 

Louisiana raised Corn is always in demand, it 
matures early and is an export product. Perfectly 
dry and commands highest market price. 

Sugar Cane is one of the most profitable crops 
in the country. Planted once in three years and 
requires only ordinary cultivation. It will yield 
from three to four hundred gallons of molasses to 
the acre. 

The acreage in Oats is increasing yearly. 
Mostly fall and winter oats are planted. Yields 
from forty to seventy-five bushels and in demand. 



Another I'leiu of a Calcasieu Corn Field 



Field Peas and Velvet Beans are planted for 
fertilizer purposes and are valuable crops. They 
are "fertilizer factories" in the fields. 

Table Peas are being grown very extensively 
and in April, Calcasieu Parish Peas brought a pre- 
mium of $ 1 .00 per hamper on the Kansas City 
market over all other Table Peas, and in demand. 




Peas 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish Louisiana. 





Potatoes 




Tomatoes 



Cabbage and Cantclaupes 



Garden Truck — This is the ideal 
section for truck growing. Clini' 
ate and soil are suited to a diversi- 
ty of vegetables, rotation or suc- 
cession of crops. 

Two crops of all rotation crops 
are possible. Cabbage, Cauliflow- 
er, Beets, Tomatoes and Potatoes. 
The early vegetables and fruits 
command highest market prices. 



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Calcasieu Parish Strawberries were on the market during the week of March 6th, were of premium quality and 
the demand exceeded the supply. 

Our marketing association, The Southwestern Produce Association, teaches packing and handling of all fruits and 
vegetables and puts practically the entire output of this section on the market at very best possible prices to the farmer. 

COTTON. The new money crop for Calcasieu Parish. About 700 acres tributary to Lake Charles. A new 
Gin has been erected to handle this crop. 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana . 



Rice farming, like cotton 
farming, wheat farming, and 
indeed all farming, has un- 
dergone a great change — a 
change for the better. 

Rice is grown by just the 
same general methods utiliz' 
ed in t he" production of 
wheat, with the exception of 
irrigation. There are thous- 
ands of acres in Calcasieu 
Parish suitable for rice cul- 
ture and there is an abund- 
ance of water for irrigation. 

Rotation of crops reno- 
vates the land and keeps it 
producing at the same time. 
Diversified farming and the 
keeping of stock have the 
same beneficial effect here as 
elsewhere, and the rice pro- 
ducts make excellent feed 
stuff. In a word, the rice 
farmers are increasing the 
State yield enormously, lead- 
ing all States in production. 
Prices, too, are firmer, and it 
may be confidentially added 
that no industry in the world 
is safer than the production 
of food. 

The rice area is being con- 
stantly extended. 




Preparation for Planting Rice on one of the Large Farms 




Harvesting Rice on one of the Large Farms 




Rice Mill — The Largest Rice Mill in America, Lake Charles, La. 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 




Canal Pumping Plant and Settlement 




Irrigation Canal 



Louisiana produces more rice than 
any other State. Calcasieu Parish this 
past year had between 30,000 and 40,- 
000 acres in rice, yielding about ten 
barrels of 1 62 pounds each to the acre. 




Rice in Shock 



Rice was the original money crop for this section and now that diversified farming is being practiced throughout 
the parish and the farmer raising his horse, mule and cattle feed, pork and vegetables for home consumption, his rice 
crop insures him money in the bank. 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 



ORANGES, GRAPE FRUIT. LEMONS 

Orange growing is successful in the Gulf 
Coast region. Many varieties are raised. The 
Louisiana Sweet, Naval, Mandarines, Tan' 
gerine and Satsuma. Several varieties of 
Grape Fruit and Lemons. 

The Orange most extensively cultivated of 
late years is the Satsuma, a hardy species and 
native to Japan, h is of the same family as 
the Mandarine, but larger and of more deli' 
cate flavor. Is practically seedless and the 
great commercial Orange. It begins to bear 
freely the third year and ripens earlier than 
other varities. 










Lemons 





Figs grow well on all soil. Celes'e and 
Magnolia varieties are most easily cultivated 
and yield enormously. Can be shipped, but 
preserving plants and canneries are always in 
the market. 

Other fruits are the Japanese Persimmon, 
Plum, Quince, Peaches and Pears. 

PECANS — The growing of Pecans has 
developed into one of the South's most im- 
portant agricultural pursuits. A good shade 
tree and one of the most profitable that can 
be planted. 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 



Commercial Poultry raising, while in 
its infancy, so to speak, is making very 
rapid strides, and with climate most 
favorable to long laying and breeding 
season, abundant forage about the farm, 
is proving a most profitable consider- 
ation. 




Poultry Raising in Culcasicii Parish 




Sheep raising is another profitable pursuit in 
this section. The mild winters prevent loss from 
exposure to cold and insures a large gain from 
year^to year from natural increase. 



Sheep Raising 



PEANUTS— Another profitable crop, either 
direct or after Oats or early Potatoes. In demand 
for eating purposes, oil extraction or Hog feed. 
Peanut Hay analyzes higher than Alfalfa. When 
plowed under, is excellent fertilizer. 




Hog Culture 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 



A noted expert after seven years exhaustive 
experiments in the raising and fattening of hogs, 
makes the statement that pork can be produced 
in Southwest Louisiana at less expense than any 
where else in the country. The secret, Louisiana 
hogs are grown on crops that they gather them- 
selves. Oats, rye and barley furnish fall and 
winter pasture. For fattening period, cow pear, 
soy beans and peanuts are used, .hcse being sup- 
plemented by sweet potatoes, artichokes, ruta- 
bagas and turnips, the porker being finally fin- 
ished off on a brief feeding of corn, oats, rice 
polish or cotton-seed meal. 




Feeding Time 





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Cattle in Southwest Louisiana can be wintered on grass, and 
need little shelter. Dairy pioducts command a good price the year 
round. • 



Lake Charles ami Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 



If one were to endeavor to select the ideal 
stock country it would be one which prO' 
duces abundant crops of rich, nourishing 
grasses. The water should be pure and the 
climate temperate, not hot enough to worry 
the stock, nor cold enough to make them use 
up all of the heat energy of their feed in keep- 
ing warm. 

All of these conditions are met in Galea- 
sieu Parish. 

An economical place for the production 
of beef cattle. 




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Pre/mum Stock 




These steers have been eating 
corn and cane silage with cotton 
seed meal for 1 00 days and were 
(March 1 5th) awaiting a favorable 
market. These steers made an 
average total gain per head of ap- 
proximately 200 pounds in the 
1 1 1 days feeding, and the cost of 
feed per hundred pounds gain was 
less than five cents. There was an 
average of more than 2000 pounds 
of manure-litter per steer saved and 
applied on the fields. 



Fur /he Market 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, 




'H^ange East of City and Assembly Pens 




Cattle Ranch — Hereford! , Aberdeens and Shorthorns 







Cattle in Shipping Pens, Lake Charles, Louisiana 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 



The Oil Fields of Vinton 
and Edgerly, twenty miles 
West of Lake Charles and 
in Calcasieu Parish, are now 
among the largest producing 
fields in the State. Average 
production, 1 1 ,000 barrels 
daily. 




At Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, and twelve miles West of Lake Charles, is the LARGEST SULPHUR MINE IN 
THE WORLD. The product is 98% pure and several hundred skilled and unskilled workmen are employed on this 
property. This is the only known deposit of Sulphur in the State of Louisiana. 




Map Shoiuin^ Calcasieu Parish Good Roads System 



Calcasieu Parish has just completed a system of good roads throughout the Parish. Comprising over 1 80 miles 
of model highways at an expenditure of something over $1,100,000. These roads are of Brick, Gravel with Tarvia 
surfacing, plain Gravel and reconstructed Earth. The main highway from East to West is Brick, Gravel with Tarvia 
and plain Gravel and connected at Lake Charles by a Concrete Bridge across the Calcasieu River, being erected at a 
cost of over $ 1 30,000. The distance across the parish is approximately forty-five miles. 

A connecting link in the proposed Old Spanish Trail or All Southern, All Year 'round Highway and the National 

Defense Highway. 

Assessed valuation of Calcasieu Parish is $23,107,500.00. 



take Charles ami Calcasieu Parisli, Louisiana . 




Through Miles of Standing Timber 




Through Fields oj Rice and Orchards 




Mile after Mile — all felvet 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, l.ijiiisiaiia. 




I II rough Farms and Cattle Ranges 




To the City zvifh Products of the Farm, then homeixard bound ■li.ith Lumber 




Reinforced Concrete, the type of bridges found along the Calcasieu Parish Highivay System 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 




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Along the Calcasieu, Eastern Approach to the New BrigJe 




Heinjorced Concrete n.t:ith Bascule Steel Lift 




The Bridge Under Construction 




6 Spans 96-ft. each and a 103 foot double leaf trunion bascule span 



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Consistant Industrial Growth: 
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1915 



Capita! invested 

in Manufactures $8,035,162 $8,079,549 

Value of Praducts 5,890,500 6,652,037 

Additional Growth since January 1st, 1916: 
Gas Plant, Machine Shops, Bottling Works, 
Pleading Plant and Cotton Gin. 



Increased Capital 



$118,000.00 



Combined Statement of two National Banks and one Trust and Savings Bank: 

May 1st, 1916. Resources— $8,032,376.31. Deposits— $6,604,789.97. 

Building and Loan Association. Assets, $400,000.00. 

Postal Receipts for Calendar Year, 1914— $45,582.60. 1915— $46,519.86. 

Home Office of Mutual Life Insurance Company, has $100,000 on deposit with State Treasurer belonging solely 
to the company. Insurance' in force $1,500,000.00. Commenced business, January 1914. 



Laic C.liarles anJ I'alcasieii Parish, Louisiana. 




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Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 




Federal Building and Post Office 





Calcasieu Parish Court House 



Monument on Court House Laucn 




City Hall 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Faris/i, Louisiana. 



Lake Charles has a well equipped and 
ably handled Fire Department. The report 
of the Fire Chief for the year 1915 shows a 
total of 63 fires. Value of property endan- 
gered was $457,677. Loss sustained was 
$69,459, with insurance of $225,375. 

This is an exceptional record, especially 
as a Saw Mill fire is included with loss of 
$40,150. 




Central fire Slatwn 



Cost of Some of the Principal Buildings: 

Four Elementary Schools $ 1 56,000 

Contract let for the new High School building. . 1 26,000 

Court House 1 75,000 

CityHall 75,000 

Federal Building 1 30,000 

Catholic Church and Convent 1 80,000 

Baptist Church 40,000 

Episcopal Church 25,000 

Sanitarium 50,000 

Masonic Temple 35:000 

Synagogue 1 5,000 

Arcade Theatre : 50,000 

Four Fire Stations 25,000 

Elks Home 5 5,000 

Yacht and Country Club 1 0,000 

Louisiana Baptist Orphanage 42,000 

Magnificent Homes. Beautiful Streets. 

City Assessment is $4,921,280. 

As the lobbing Center of Southwest Louisiana, Lake 
Charles has over 100 miles of trade territory. 



Cost of Some of the Utilities: 
Sewerage System $ 200,000 

Forty-three miles of Cement Walks and over 
eight miles of Paved Streets, an expendi' 
tureof 553,958 

A new Resevoir under construction 20,000 

Additional Public Work and Drainage plans in vari- 
ous sections of the City under consideration. 

Two National Banks. 

One Trust and Savings Bank. 

Building and Loan Association. 

Three Farm Land Mortgage Companies. 

Expenditures by railroads increasing Terminal facili- 
ties $25,000 since 1915. 

Another large appropriation just recorded by one of 
the roads for increased terminal facilities. 




Lake Charles is the metropolis of Southwest Louisiana, the third 
city in the State and the Parish Seat of Calcasieu Parish. 

Modern Hotels with all accommodations for Tourists and the 
Traveling Public. Properly equipped for summer and winter resort. 

Pleasure Pier, Casino and Bathing Pavilion. 
Tennis Courts, Golf Links, Automobile Tours, Bathing, Boat- 
ing, Hunting and Fishing. 

Railroads grant Tourists stop-over privileges. 



One o] L.nke Charles' Principal Hotels 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 




Street Scene in Business District, Ryan Street, looking North from Pujo Street 





Carnegie Library 



Synagogue and Masonic Temple 



Llks Home 




Sanitarium 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 





Louisiana Baptist Orphanage 



Baptist Church 




Catholic Con-vent — Day and Boarding School 





Catholic Church 



Episcopal Church 



Churches of all denominations and accessibly located. 
All comfortably housed and well equipped. 



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Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 




Piijo Street looking (Vest at Kirkman Street 

In residential section, February 1 1th, 1916. 




Broad Street looking East from Common Street 

Another residence street, mid'winter scene, January 22nd, 1916. 




Climbing Roses on a residence in the Southern portion of the city 

June is khown as the "Month of Roses" but we have Roses in March and through July, from October until January. 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 



Work has been started on the New Lake Front 
Park. This will be a big asset for Lake Charles and a 
convenience and pleasure for all citizens and visitors. 

The plans call for Lake Front in:provements ex- 
tending for about one mile, starting at Gill street, just 
South of the commercial frontage on the Lake, and ter- 
minating at the Shell Beach Drive. Driveways, walks 
and pleasure grounds are included. The improvements 
will cost about $85,000. 





House Boal on the Upper Calcasieu 




A beautiful U'alk near the Lake Front 




W atermelon Bay 



If you like to fish, co.r.e to Lake Charles 
where you find Trout, Perch, Bass and Cat. 

If you are looking for beautiful scenery, 
the upper Calcasieu in a motor boat. 

To picnic, either motor boat or auto to 
beautiful spots along the Calcasieu. 



I'he Calcasieu River North of Lake Charles 



Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 





The Country Cluh from lanJini( stage. Prien Lake 




Across Golf Links ioiuard a section of the Summer colony 




The Golf Links 



The Club House 





A nice catch at Grand Lake 




The Open Season at Grand Lake 

Another convenient resort for Lake Charles 
and where a number of residents have summer 
homes is on Grand Lake, commonly called Big 
Lake, about twenty miles south of Lake Charles 
and accessible by boat or good roads. Close to 
the Gulf of Mexico, either fresh or salt water 
fishing or bathing and a hunting ground during 
the season. 

A passenger steamer runs excursions every 
Sunday to Grand Lake during the Summer 
months. 



Wharfs and Bathinu, Pavilion, at Grand Lake 



C. D. MOSS, PRESIDENT. 



ARMAND LEVY, 1ST. VICE-PRES. W. E. PATTERSON, 2ND. VICE-PRES. 



H. H ROCK, TREASURER 



BOARD OF directors; 

H. E. BUCK 
LEON CHAVANNE 
J. D. CLINE 
ARTHUR L. GAYLE 
C. E. HICKMAN 
REV. G. B. HINES 
RUDOLPH KRAUSE 
LEON LOCKE 
PAUL O. MOSS 
M. J. MULLER 
FRANK ROBERTS 
W. H. STAKELUM 
DR. T. H. WATKINS 



CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

LAKE CHARLES AND CALCASIEU PARISH 
H. B. BAYLISS. SECRETARY. 

LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 

AUXILIARIES. 

TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION 

MERCHANT'S ASSOCIATION 

SOUTHWESTERN PRODUCE ASSOCIATION 

THE CALCASIEU-LOUISIANA FAIR ASSOCIATION 



BUSINESS COUNCIL 
W. B. WILLIAMSON. PRES. 
R. M. HEREFORD. VlCE-PRES. 
J. P. BARREMORE, SECr. 



BUREAUS 
AGRICULTURE 
RETAIL TRADE 
WHOLESALE TRADE 
INDUSTRIAL 
CIVIC 

PUBLICITY AND CONVENTIONS 
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTION 
PORT AND WATERWAYS 



To Whom It May Concern: 
Greetings-- 

This Booklet, consisting as it does of facts and photographs, 
will in a measure show existing conditions and allow for some es- 
timate of the possibilities in this Wonderful Gulf Coast Country. 

The truck farmer, the planter, the fruit grower or cattle man 
can find land suitable to his requirements in this most fertile 
section of these United States, and whether it be a home seeker 
or a company with a colonization project, adequate facilities can 
be found for agricultural pursuits. The lands are nominal in price 
and prove a most renumerative investment, second to none, based 
on soil and climatic conditions. 

In addition to this, the numerous streams and lakes give ample 
water supply and the best soft water can be had at 15 to 30 feet, 
while flowing wells from the artesian basin are tapped at a lower 
1 evel . 

Concerning farm enterprises, it is advisable to state that the 
Southwestern Produce Association is an organization supported by 
the Commercial Interests of Lake Charles, and, while the primary 
object is the marketing of all crops of this section for the farm- 
er, the Association takes an active part in the educational pro- 
motion of agricultural development. 

From an Industrial standpoint. Lake Charles has much to offer. 
Exceptionally well located as a distributing point, having water 
and rail connections with deep-water ports, which with the lumber, 
cotton and rice interests centered in this section, allows an in- 
teresting consideration for new industries. 

Not only advantageous sites for buildings, but transportation 
facilities and cheap fuel are strong factors in such questions, 
and financial reports indicate the heal thf ul ness of our numerous 
enterpri sss . 

Any additional detailed information will be cheerfully fur- 
nished. Please address communications to the Secretary, Chamber 
of Commerce, Lake Charles, La. Correspondence invited. 

Yours very truly, 

HBB-AB. - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 




CALCASIEU NATIONAL BANK 
of Smith^uiest Louisiana 

Lake Charles, Louisiana 



The Calcasieu National Bank 

of Southwest Louisiana 

Began business in 1892 as a State Bank. Lake Charles was then a 
city of less than 4000. From the opening of the bank, its Officers and 
Directors have had an abiding faith in the future of Lake Charles and 
Calcasieu Parish. 

The city now has a population of about 18000. The deposits of 
the bank, which in a great measure reflect the growth of the community, 
both in wealth and population, are here shown in Jive year periods. 

Deposits May 1, 1896 $ 128,273.06 

May 1,1901 631,756.88 

May 1,1906 1,638,295.20 

May 1,1911 3,398,412.62 

" May 1, 1916 $5,001,030.65 

The 1916 statement being printed below in full. 



In 1910 the bank adopted the plan of establishing branch banks at other towns throughout the Parish. These 
branch banks have been successful from the beginning and have become important factors in helping to build up and in 
the development of their respective communities. 

Branches are now maintained at the following eight points, all operating under the same name, 
"The Calcasieu National Bank of Southwest Louisiana.'' 

JENNINGS, LA. IVELSH, LA. LAKE ARTHUR, LA. KINDER, LA. 

VINTON, LA. DE ^UINCY, LA. OAKDALE, LA. SULPHUR, LA. 

The bank has been continuously under the direct personal supervision of the same officer who was in charge at the 
organization in 1892 . The Directorate consists of twenty-four mernbers selected from among the most successful busi- 
ness men of the community, all being actively in touch with the business conditions and interested in the development of 
the country and in the growing usefulness of the bank to its customers. 

This Bank is equipped to handle and is engaged in all lines of legitimate banking, both Commercial and Savings. 
It pays 4'/c on Savings deposits and is \iirectly affiliated with the Southwest Louisiana Farm Mortgage Co., buying 
and selling High-grade first mortgage loans on improved farms. 

Official Report to the Comptroller of Currency of the Calcasieu National Bank 
of Southwest Louisiana at Lake Charles, at close of business, May 1, 1916. 



RESOURCES 
Loans and Discounts $ 3,922,337.65 



Overdrafts 

U. S. Bonds 

Bonds, Securities, etc 

Stocl< in Federal Reserve Bank 

Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures. 

Revenue Stamps 

Five per cent. Redemption Fund 



2,262.43 
142,000.00 
182,402.79 
30,000.00 
177,000.00 
1,433.76 
6,250.00 
Cash and Sight Exchange 1,452,919.27 

Total $ 5,916,605.90 



LIABILITIES 

Capital Stock $ 500,000.00 

Surplus 250,000.00 

Undivided Profits 11 ,700.08 

Circulation 1 19,500.00 

Dividends Unpaid 1,138.00 

Reserved for Taxes 1 1 ,2 1 7.66 

Reserved for Interest 22,019,51 

Deposits 5,001,030.65 



Total $ 5,916,605.90 



The future of Southwest Louisiana is indeed bright. Its development has only begun. Its 
climate is a surprise. Its soil responsive. Its possibilities for pleasure and erijoyment and the 
real comforts of a satisfactory home are unlimited,, and fVE WELCOME YOU. 

Any of ihe offices of this bank will be pleased to answer inquiries concerning Southwest Louisiana. 



Calcasieu Mercantile 
Company, Inc. 



fV hole sale Grocers 

Lake Charles, Louisiana 



Receivers and Shippers of 

Fruit and Produce 



Cold Storage Facilities 




Lake Charles, Louisiana 



130 Rooms 

Every Room an Outside Room 
Nmety-tivo Rooms fVith Bath 



American Plan. Rates $2.50 to $4.00. 



Lock- Moore & Co., Ltd., JVeStlake, La. Calcasieu Long Leaf Yellow Pine 




X^'TJX/X^:S.. Edgewood Land & Logging Co., Ltd. Tomsf^sk 



/t MONG the Sisterhood of States there is 
/~t none like Louisiana for a rare combina- 
tion of saliibnoits c/nnate, productive soil 
and rich mineral resources. 

Come now to Lake Charles, destined to he 
the wonder city of Southwest Louisiana. EF^EN 
NO IF its complete line of public service utilities, 
its schools, Its churches, its mercantile estahlish- 
ntenls, wholesale and retail, nhike homebuilding 
here a joy. 

Lake Charles calls now to the Homeseeker 
and Offers Advantages that Simply Cannot he 
Overlooked. 



Having kept pace with every ctvtc improve- 
ment and having been a vital factor in every 
worthy movement THE OLDEST BANK 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA offers a 
time-tried, up-to-the-mtnute banking service un- 
excelled for its practical co-operation with all its depositors, be they large, small, old or new. 




In lire with an established co-operative policy, not the least important 
part of the assistance freely offered by this Bank to inquiring Homeseekers, is 
a fund of information gathered at first hand during many years of successful 
financial operation in this community. 




MR. HOMESEEKER.— 

Do not overlook Lake Charles, 
Louisiana and do not overlook the 
practical assistance proffered by the 

First National Bank 

and 

Lake Charles 
Trust & Savings Bank 



SAME BANKING ROOM 
UNDER. ONE MANAGEMENT 



Ryan and Broad Sts. Lake Charles, La. 



Murray - 'Brooks Hdw. Co. , 



Limited 



IVholesah and Retail 
Heavy and Shelf Hardware 



Mill Supplies, 
Builders Material, 
Paints and Oils 



Metal Work and Plumbing 



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Stands for Quality 




Lake Charles' Largest and Biggest Store 

Everything that Men, 
Women and Children IV ear 



IV hen You Come 
To Lake Charles — 

Call at our place of business, we handle, 

Farm Implements, Tractors, Vehicles, 
Automobiles, Harness, Saddlery and Gen- 
eral Farm Supplies. 




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fVe will gladly give you the benefit of 
our 20 years experience in our line. 

Lake Charles Carriage 
and Implement Co., Ltd. 

Lake Charles, Louisiana. 



Berdon- Campbell 
Furniture Co., Ltd. 

Wholesale and Retail 




Lake Charles, Louisiana 



Complete Home Furnishers 



WARD FOUR 
CALCASIEU PARISH 




' The ''fVard Four Method'' 

The children are transported to a Central School where high grade 
Teachers can be utilized. 



Good Roads Good Lands 

Best Schools Low Prices 



IV. E. PATTERSON, President ><!**^^^^*^ •^- ''■ ^^'i'^^'^ORE, Secretary-Treasurer 

THE HOME! p^FH] THE HOME! 

y HOME" /J 

The first place to look for when you move is HOME. 

You will better }our condition hy coming to Lake Charles, where it is possible for you to own your own HOME. 

We are partly responsible for the extensive improvements continually going on in Lake Charles where hundreds 
are buying HOMES and paying for them in paymenti practically the same as rent. 

These people will tell you that they are buying HOAIES because they cannot afford to rent. J dollar paid 
for rent is lost and gone forever, while if put into a HOME it is saved and wisely invested. 

You may travel the country over and you will not find a better place to live in and own a HOME than Lake 
Charles. 

You may travel as extensively and you will not find a safer institution to go to for assistance in getting a 
HOME than the Calcasieu. 

STRONG-PROGRESSIVE— CONSERVATIVE 

Never lost a dollar since we began business. 

We Have Money for you. 

Assets over $400,000.00 

and rapidly growing. 

Calcasieu Building and Loan Association 

630 Ryan Street Lake Charles,, Louisiana 



Lake Charles Hiee Milling Company 

of Louisiana 




Lake Charles Louisiana 



Always in the Market for Rough Rice 



Krause & Managan 
Lumber Co., Ltd. 



Weitlake^ Louisiana 



Everything in 



Yellow Pine Lumber 

Also Cypress Shingles and Fence Posts 



We have thousands of acres of cut-over 
Pine and Farm hands for sale to actual set- 
tlers on easy terms. Phone No. 8. 



Southwestern Produce 
Association 



Lake Charles,- 



Louistana 




Pacekrs and Shippers of 

Fruits and Produce 



Don V You Know— 

A man who purchased land without demanding 
an ABSTRACT OF TITLE f 

Of course he got a IVarranty Deed and "to hooV 
a big mortgage and Tax Sale which he did not bar- 
gain for. 

IVorry and expense would have been saved had 
he procured the Abstract of Title before he bought. 

How is your HOME? We can let you know. 
IV e have the Records. 




Mayo Title Company 



40,000 Acres 
FOR FARM HOMES 



Your Opportunity, Take It. 
Prices Right. Terms Easy. 



Climate — just right. 
Soil — deep and rich. 
Rainfall — sufficient. 
Market for everything. 



COME— 

Raise Corn, Oats, 
Rice, Potatoes, Melons, 
Berries, Truck, Fruit, 
Cattle, Hogs, Sheep. 



INFORMATION FREE 

Write for our booklet in English or German. 



Prairie Farm Lands Co. , Inc. 



Lake Charles, 



Lou 




The North American 
Land and Timber Co., Ltd. 



Owners and Operators of the 



Sweet Lake and Indian Bayou Irrigation Canals 

RICE LANDS, 
HIGH PRAIRIE and PASTURE LANDS 

PRICES FROM $15.00 to $25.00 PER ACRE 



TERMS:'--One-tenth cash, balance in nine equal an- 
nual payments hearing a low rate of interest. 



These lands are in Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson 
Davis Parish, are intersected with good highways and 
three railroad systems. 



For Further Information, Apply to 



H. G. Chalkley, Manager, Lake Charles, Louisiana 



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for storing their green crops and whent hey stock their farms with cattle and hogs to eat this green feed, the value of al- 
falfa will be better appreciated. Cowpeas are the greatest renovators of the soil and they have no equal as a producer 
of hay, producing generously here and yielding from two to three tons of hay and from six to ten bushels of shelled peas 
Peanuts are grown as a second crop and yield a ton of hay per acre and the nuts sell for 75 cents per bushel. 

Excluding rice, oats are the most important grain crop of Louisiana. This crop seems to be well adapted to the soils 
of Calcasieu Parish and yields from 40 to 75 bushels per acre. Soy beans, and vetches, which are beginning to be grown 
here in an experimental way, have been found to be especially profitable. German and cat-tail millet, clover and carpet 
grass have been proven profitable to the Louisiana farmer. Red clover has been introduced by Kansas and Illinois far- 
mers and proven wonderfully thrifty. Sweet sorghums are most serviceable for grazing during May, June and early 
July, a time when other green foodj are usually scarcest. Root crops, such as stock beets, average from 25 to 40 tons 
per acre. Rutabagas may be grown for stock also. Stock carrots can be fed from January until the latter part of 
April, Artichokes, planted just as Irish potatoes would be planted, give a large yield, and cassava is well suited for 
the cut-over lands in the Northern portion of the parish, but is not so prolific as sweet potatoes, nor can it be as econom- 
ically grown. 

Sweet potatoes yield heavily upon our lands and produce immense crops. The yield is so abundant that the pota- 
to is used extensively as stock feed, as well as for shipment to Southern markets. 

LAKE CHARLES 

LAKE CHARLES, the metropolis of Southwest Louisiana is a manufacturing, jobbing and shipping center, with 
over 100 miles of trade territory. 

Not in the least among the elements contributing towards Lake Charles' growth and development has been splendid 
transportation facilities and advantageous freight rates due to rail and water connections. 

No city in the South can show a healthier or more substantial growth than is now being experienced by Lake 
Charles, and has been referred to as the Wonder City of the Southwest. But there is every reason why this city 
should be prosperous. It possesses all the requisites. The country adjacent is the richest in the world — barring none. 
A broad statement, perhaps, but one that is easily verified. 

Here are the resources: 19\\ 1915 

Lumber, the finest in the world. Capital invested in manufacture. __ $8,035,162 $8,079,549 

Rice, the greatest cereal in the world. Value of products 5,890,500 6,652,037 

Oil, the greatest fuel in the world. 

Sulphur, the largest mine in the world. Combined Statement of Two National Banks and one 

Sugar, the whitest in the world. Trust and Savings Bank, 5-l-'16: 

Truck, the largest shipping point in Southwest Louis- Resources $8,032,376.31 

iana. 

Cattle, vast herds for all big packing houses. Deposits $6,604,789.97 

365 grazing days for cattle each year. t> i i • i. ^ /^ i j -v 

„ , , .,,. , ,x. i Postal receipts for Calendar Year: 

Water, the most beautiful river and one of the most 

perfect lakes. 1914— $45,582.60. 1915—46,519.86 

One of the largest lumber manufacturing and shipping 

points in the world. Building & Loan Association — Assets $400,000.00 

Scenery, some of the most beautiful in the world. ** „ jr- r nir * i t •* t <-• i, • 

„,. . , . .. TT -i. J cii i. Home office of a Mutual Life Insurance Company, having 

Climate, unsurpassed any^vhere m the United States. $100,000 on deposit with the State Treasurer, and belonging 

People, progressive, cultured and hospitable. solely to the company. Insurance in force, $1,500,000. 

Schools, best in the South. Commenced business January 1 , 1914. 

Correspondence addressed to any of the firms whose card appears in this publication, or to the Chamber of Com- 
merce will receive prompt and careful attention. 

Anyone desiring information from practical farmers, truck growers, rice planters, orchard growers or cattlemen, 
can secure names of individuals owning and operating such industries by addressing the Secretary, Chamber of Com- 
merce, Lake Charles, Louisiana. 




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